A statement from the leadership of Óglaigh na hÉireann was received by An Phoblacht as we went to print. Starting by extending its sympathy to the people of the United States following last week's attack, the IRA confirms that its representative will intensify engagement with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD). Free article

Speaking in the Assembly last Thursday, 13 September, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams addressed the tragic events in the United States just two days before. Free article

Brendan Mailey, the spokesperson for the parents Right to Education Group, sits in an Ardoyne community centre and urges dialogue and reconciliation. Free article

Sinn Féin North Belfast councillor Danny Lavery says the UDA tried to kill a Catholic taxi driver in the area on Saturday. Free article

A Sinn Féin delegation led by party spokesperson on policing, Gerry Kelly, met with Tom Constantine, the Oversight Commissioner for policing, last Friday, 14 September. Also present from the party were Alex Maskey and Michelle Gildernew. Free article

In his photographic anthology ``Family, friends and neighbours'', Oistin MacBride writes of Bernard O Hagan's death: ``The killer, young and unmasked, fired eight shots and apparently walked out of the front gates of the college and wasn't seen by another witness. No getaway car was spotted or abandoned. No disguises or overalls dumped. No weapons ever recovered and no one ever charged with any aspect of the killing. Bernard's killer made it look easy and it probably was.'' Free article